Wideman tweeted from his Twitter account @DexterWideman, “I just want everyone to know that I verbally committed to Florida State.”

The 6-foot-4, 255-pound Wideman is the third defensive tackle to commit to FSU, joining longtime 'Noles commit Demarcus Christmas of Bradenton Manatee, and a surprise commitment from this past weekend in Miami Central’s 6-2, 270-pound Fredrick Jones.

Both Wideman and Jones were in attendance at the Jimbo Fisher Football Camp last week, with Wideman only in town for an unofficial visit, while Jones worked out.

Wideman is a very active tackle who had an impressive number of stops (62) last season for a down lineman. He also had 2.5 sacks and 14.5 tackles for loss.

He was recruited to FSU by running backs coach Jay Graham.

Wideman, who picked the Seminoles over home-state schools South Carolina and Clemson, as well as Florida, is ranked as the No. 13 defensive tackle in the country by 247Sports.com.

A text message sent to Wideman by the Sentinel was not immediately returned, but he told Chris Nee of 247Sports: “Coach Graham did a great job recruiting me. I know I am going to go there and work hard. They told me I can touch the field a lot as a freshman.”